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« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2006, 09:58:13 PM »
Quote from: scottyarch on March 18, 2006, 08:53:18 PM
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i don't think so, but whats it about

It's about this character Pip and how he grows up to marry a girl and all this... There's loads to it, some I've forgotten... But it's a great novel. There was almost rioting in London whenever it was delivered since everyone wanted a copy (it was down in instalments).

spunds like a good book
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« Reply #31 on: March 19, 2006, 07:31:12 AM »
It is. I usually go for either comedy or action orientated books, this one is more drama and such. But it was still fantastic.

Another great series was the Horatio Hornblower books. Anyone gotten into those?
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« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2006, 01:20:28 PM »
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It is. I usually go for either comedy or action orientated books, this one is more drama and such. But it was still fantastic.

Another great series was the Horatio Hornblower books. Anyone gotten into those?

never heard of those but it sounds intersting
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« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2006, 01:40:38 PM »
They're basically the life of a guy during the Napoleonic Wars. He's in the British Royal Navy. They're very good. Not usually into sailing books but these were great!
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« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2006, 03:55:29 PM »
Quote from: scottyarch on March 19, 2006, 01:40:38 PM
They're basically the life of a guy during the Napoleonic Wars. He's in the British Royal Navy. They're very good. Not usually into sailing books but these were great!

makes me want to be a pirate
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« Reply #35 on: March 24, 2006, 04:43:59 AM »
Farenheit 451, which was already mentioned, is a great book. And Ray Bradbury's short story, The Veldt, is definitely a favorite. Anyone who hasn't read it, I highly recommend it. I just love Bradbury's works. He seemed to be ahead of his own time. He predicted inventions that didn't exist during his time that exist today. He's so in tuned and perceptive of society. I have yet to read The Martian Chronicles. I've been trying to to it, but I've just got a list of books I'm working on.

In Cold Blood is a great book. An inside look of the murdered, murderers, and investigators.  It kind of makes you sympathize with the murderers (well with a particular murderer than the other) and shows that they're human. It's so strange 'cause we were studying this novel when the movie Capote came out this year.  I haven't watched Capote yet, but I really want to. 

The Count of Monte Cristo is a definite classic and worth mentioning.

Recently took a week long philosophy class and read The Trial of Socrates by Plato and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.  The Trial of Socrates was surprisingly amusing. Socrates was a clever dude and I just love the way he chastises the court.  He was a man with integrity with so many views and ideas so ahead of his time (as well as ours) that he didn't back down on his beliefs even until the end. The Myth of Sisyphus was quite interesting. It was on the philosophy of suicide. Camus's view on life and death was very well expressed.

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« Reply #36 on: March 24, 2006, 07:04:44 AM »
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a definite classic and worth mentioning.

I can't believe I forgot that one!

I got a stack of books from my grandfather when he died... I mean absolutely loads of books, lots of classics. And that was one of the first ones I read. It's better than the movie, I think...
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« Reply #37 on: March 24, 2006, 07:33:17 AM »
Quote from: scottyarch on March 24, 2006, 07:04:44 AM
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a definite classic and worth mentioning.

I can't believe I forgot that one!

I got a stack of books from my grandfather when he died... I mean absolutely loads of books, lots of classics. And that was one of the first ones I read. It's better than the movie, I think...

Most of them are
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« Reply #38 on: March 24, 2006, 07:50:04 AM »
Last time I flew home to the states I shared a cab with a guy who worked in advertising. Anyway he told me the books "The Godfather" were even better than the movies, am curious to find out if he's right.
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« Reply #39 on: March 24, 2006, 07:52:34 AM »
Quote from: scottyarch on March 24, 2006, 07:50:04 AM
Last time I flew home to the states I shared a cab with a guy who worked in advertising. Anyway he told me the books "The Godfather" were even better than the movies, am curious to find out if he's right.

He is. My friend has it, as well as The Sicilian which was the prequel to it that got made into a movie also
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« Reply #40 on: March 25, 2006, 05:24:41 AM »
Quote from: Darkshine on March 24, 2006, 07:33:17 AM
Quote from: scottyarch on March 24, 2006, 07:04:44 AM
Quote from: Aurora13orealis on March 24, 2006, 04:43:59 AM
The Count of Monte Cristo is a definite classic and worth mentioning.

I can't believe I forgot that one!

I got a stack of books from my grandfather when he died... I mean absolutely loads of books, lots of classics. And that was one of the first ones I read. It's better than the movie, I think...

Most of them are

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« Reply #41 on: March 27, 2006, 02:24:22 AM »

Hunchback of Notre Dame - in the original. A classic tale of obsession if I ever saw one.
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« Reply #42 on: March 27, 2006, 01:43:09 PM »
Meh, classic is extremely hard to define in terms of books. I like Lord of the Flies, but its a rather recent book. And some of the books we're forced to read couldn't be classified as classic. Is State of Fear by Michael Chrichton classic? I think not.
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« Reply #43 on: March 27, 2006, 02:08:19 PM »
Catcher In the Rye
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (classic?)
The Odyssey
The Comedy of Errors (every now and then)
Macbeth
Moby Dick
...more to come...
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« Reply #44 on: March 27, 2006, 03:46:26 PM »
Quote from: JamesDelgado on March 27, 2006, 01:43:09 PM
Meh, classic is extremely hard to define in terms of books. I like Lord of the Flies, but its a rather recent book. And some of the books we're forced to read couldn't be classified as classic. Is State of Fear by Michael Chrichton classic? I think not.

Heard it was kind of a bore as well
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